The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-02-11

STATE sUPERINTENDENCY.
The Indiana Christian Advocate
Playing m Un-Chr istisn Role.
A. M. Sweeney. Late Democratic
Candidate for State Sup't VIM
dicated.
JASPER IED., Feb. g. 1857
r. q Niles. ESQ. Nishswsks. Ind.
DEAR Sfw: Your letter containing
clipping Of an article that appeared dur
ing the campaign in "The Indians Chris.
tian Advocate" ard which aimee then
was prefaced and printed in :" rhe Chris-
tian Standard Of Cincinnati, Ohio, and
many other papers, u before me. You
say that YOU are neither OF my religion
nor politics, nut that you do not believe
the assertions are true, and you desire TO
know the whole truth. would that
the Advocate and other papers were q
~ you are. and they would
mot have compounded and propagsted 80
many lies regarding me during the late
saw this malevolent article
during the canvass. but treated Il ~ l
did similar campaign lies. with silent
But now. after the campaign
has closed, and when all its asperities q
II had hoped were buried, TO Gee this
|malodorous and malicious tiseue Of false
hoods hswked about as the truth, when
mot an iota OF truth sustains IL, oelieve
that owe Il 10 the party that nominated
|me, 10 the many who were misguided BY
IL and similar articles. to the msligued
people Of Dubois county, 90 we'll ~ to
myself. 10 throttle this nagran Mt misrep-
BY inc0ntrovertible testi-
|mony hence. 10 answer 70 yours and
|many similar letters, issOo this reply
Ito the Advocate. The following Is the
|Advocates article:
The State Superintendency.
Nov that the State election is over the
will be read with more candid
-Christian STANDARD.
The public schools are the peoples
colleges" and everyone should be I'M
lsclfsh,y interested In the preservation
lsud improvement OF the free, non-sec-
tartan pubic schools
The nomination by the Democratic
ISis,e Convention Of Roman Catholic
|for The position OF Superintendent Of
Public Instruction, has brought prom
linenfly bcforethe public the peculiar pc-
lsisicn OF the Catholic Church toward the
lpuhlic schools Of the State and its pre-
Iteptions 10 q part OF the Stale school
Wherever the Church has OBJ
Itained the power to do 80, II hAs com
Ipellrd = division Of the public school
funds tor the beneft Of its sectarian
ischools.
We are credibly informed that IN Du.
lbois county, thu home Of Mr.. Sweeney,
1.-The Catholic nominee for superintendent
lot Public Instruction. there have long
been maintained some very peculiar re-
llations bet cen the Church aud the pub
Iiic schools.
The Catholic school IN Jasper, purely
Iseciarian institution. hse for the past ten
wears been msintsicd BY public money,
such division Of the school funds being
Irxacted some ten years ago No the cOndi-
ltion upon which Catholic children would
| be allowed 10 attend the public schools
In = large number Of the schoo.s Of the
lcoGnty there are Ia use, not the regularly
adopted books OF the county y--ihe Ec-
Hectic series--but in their stead . series
lof Catholic text books. published under
the supervision of Church authority, II
lCincinnsti.
| These books Protessant children are
Icompellod TO study. In Z majority Of
1.-The townships Catholic teachers are en-
Iployed, and the instruction required
iron them includes parochial, or reli-
|giOus instruction. which II likewise
forced upon the Protestant children. IL
l1679. Rev. Geo. G. Cooper, . local y. +
minister, was appointed county super
1liniendent. Mr. Cooper made . deter
'|mined effort to stop the appropriation o.
.lpublic money 70 the support of the Cath
lolic schools, and endeavored 10 excisde
from the schools the Catholic text books
He also required the Catholic Sisters
who made up large part Of the teaching
force Of the county, 20 pass examination
before receiving liccnee. The result va
war on the part OF the church. and ~ the
following election Of county superir'
ltendent. . good Catholic, was, ct the die
ltation or the pricsts, chosen to dll the
IplaCe. This was "A. n. Sweeney, the
lpresent Democratic candidate for Super
intendent Of Public Instruction. From
this time there was no further Disturb.
lance OF the above order Of things, and
1.-THE abuses referred 10, have, We are told
,lconiinucd without any effort on the par
Iof Mr. Sweeney 70 do away with them
Y The election Of : Roman Catholic q
1.-THE State Superintendency would. un'
donbtedly. gresaly strengthen the. AFRO
gance Of church In its demand for por
tion OF the public school funds, snd 20
lQuAsI union Of the State and the Romas
Catholic Church.
Every citizen shouId weigh we'll tL'
E|possible consequences Of such step BE-
fore giving Il bic support.
This Il not question Of party politics
liz 70 : question OF the perpctuation Q
Jour free school systems. II Mr.. Swee
Iney were candidate for any other Stat
|ofIlcc. not word would be urged agsins
him on account az bis religion. Two Q
THE present State officers are Catholics
IThoc aro IL soaif1ons IL which. In III